Taro, Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott, is considered to be an introduced
crop in New Caledonia and has been cultivated since its introduction
by Melanesian farmers. Wild germplasm exists on the main (continental) island
and ...

Caranx caballus Gunther, a wide-ranging tropical eastern Pacific
carangid fish, was reported from the Hawaiian Islands as C. kuhlii (later as C.
kalla) from only two specimens collected in 1922. Because no further ...

The historically significant battleship USS Missouri was recently
decommissioned and moved from Bremerton, Washington, to Hawai'i to become
a memorial museum at Pearl Harbor, O'ahu, Hawai'i. Dry-docking was
completed ...

The Hawaiian tree snail genus Partulina, from Maui, Moloka'i,
Uina'i, O'ahu, and the island of Hawai'i, is the sister-genus of the endangered
Achatinella, found only on the island of O'ahu. Life histories of species in ...

A new picture-winged Hawaiian Drosophila species from the
islands of Kaua'i and O'ahu that is morphologically indistinguishable from
Drosophila grimshawi Oldenberg from the Maui Nui islands is described, based
on ...

We report an assemblage of ca. 6900 vertebrate fossils from a
preliminary excavation at Barn Owl Cave, Isla Floreana, Galapagos Islands,
Ecuador. Age of this stratified deposit ranges from historic times (less than
200 ...

Tailings disposal from the Bougainville Copper Limited open-cut
porphyry copper mine on Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea (1972-1989)
impacted the ichthyofauna of the Jaba River, one of the largest rivers on the
island. ...

A single specimen of the endemic anchialine shrimp Halocaridina
rubra Holthuis was collected on the reef under a brick in a freshwater extrusion
in the lower intertidal at Kawaiku'i Beach Park, Niu Valley, O'ahu, ...

Principal responses of the physical environment of the Fiji Islands
to tropical cyclones Gavin and June in 1997 were investigated. These cyclones,
which entered Fiji waters in March and May 1997, respectively, were the ...

Native Hawaiian dryland forests, important from both ecological
and cultural perspectives, are among the more poorly known Hawaiian
vegetation types. Wood-charcoal assemblages from archaeological features
offer one means ...

The strong temperature increase during the 1982/1983 El Nino
event caused local extinction of many species in large coastal zones of northern
Chile and Peru. One brown algal species affected by massive mortality was ...

A rich body of local knowledge on the behavior and reproductive
biology of the land crab Cardisoma hirtipes (called Kakau Tina in the Ngge1a
language) is reported here from West Nggela, Solomon Islands. Aspects of
West ...

Metrosideros polymorpha (Myrtaceae) is the dominant canopy
tree in many Hawaiian lowland and montane rain forests. It is a shade-intolerant
species that persists throughout forest succession. Stands usually regenerate
following ...

Two species of the polychaete family Nerillidae are reported
from sand collected from the south shore of O'ahu, Hawai'i. Nerilla antennata
O. Schmidt was collected from a shallow fringing reef, and Mesonerilla fagei
Swedmark ...

Clipperton Atoll was visited from 23 to 25 November 1997. A
total of 109 specimens of stony corals belonging to two orders, seven families,
and 15 species was collected. Five taxa of Scleractinia represent new records ...

During an expedition to Rennell, Solomon Islands, from 20 to 30
June 1997, we collected specimen and observational data that add to our understanding
of this island's unique avifauna. We observed three species ...

A probable new hybrid angelfish was observed in Cabo San
Lucas, Baja California, Mexico. Body coloration was olive brown, with a
dark orange area behind the head and a vertical white bar posterior to the pectoral
fin. ...

The occurrence of native species at a middle-elevation (265-290
m) site on the island of O'ahu is of interest because of the extremely disturbed
character of the vegetation and paucity of native forest species in the ...